mac

just bought a macbook. been trying to steal free internet but been thwarted at every turn. damn.


magic mountain

finished the magic mountain by thomas mann about a month ago (pop quiz: what is the original german title of the magic mountain?) and i must say it was fucking great.

it's a big book: each chapter has more ideas that you can fit in your brain. and the conversations! you can sink into the debates between settembrini and naphta and soak in them for hours and still be scratching for comprehension at the end.

it's the type of book that drags you out of your sofa by your collars and crushes you against the wall whilst shouting in your face. and after you ears start ringing from the words it drop kicks you into a vat of creamy butter, so you can ooze for a while, before it again wrenches you by the scruff of your neck and slams you back onto the ground. it will take you further that you've ever been before and show you things you couldn't believe possible.

so yeah, i quite liked it.